This week, we will be presenting the 2010 Bus Leagues Postseason Awards in five categories: Independent Pitcher of the Year, Independent Player of the Year, MiLB Reliever of the Year, MiLB Pitcher of the Year, and MiLB Player of the Year. Voters selected their top five finishers for each award, with points awarded on a 5-4-3-2-1 scale. In addition to the regular Bus Leagues cast of characters, we invited a few friends to vote...
I was all set to make myself a bunch of little note card cheat sheets containing the playoff procedures for Minor League Baseball’s leagues, then I realized how complicated some of these scenarios get. Soooo, change of plans – I’ll just link here to the pages that detail each league’s procedure, and we’ll have this post as an easy reference. AAA International League Mexican League – The Mexican League just instructs visitors to consult...
Recently I had the opportunity to interview Nationals relief pitcher Atahualpa Severino. We met outside of the dugout before Friday’s game versus the Rochester Red Wings. CF: You were recently called up to the Nationals what was the experience like up there? AS: I didn’t really expect it to happen I was not waiting for the experience; I did not play while I was up there but yes I was surprised. CF: What is...
I’ll admit it. I’m a bit of a wonk. A futurist wonk. Now granted, there are certain advantages to it. Though the fact I was able to get on the Michael Pineda train before the rest of the world caught up to him is certain to pay dividends by 2012? Some would consider that boring. Those people are Communists. I’m here for the hundreds in attendance and for the two or three in my...
Since he was selected by the Phillies in the 20th round of the 2006 draft, Domonic Brown has made a slow, steady climb up the minor league ladder. Witness the games played at each level from 2006-2009: (I’m ignoring brief three-game stints in 2007 at High A and 2009 at the Rookie level) 2006 – Rookie (34) 2007 – Short Season (74) 2008 – Low A (114) 2009 – High A (66), Double-A (37)...
I spend my mornings frantically writing about college basketball, so I usually don’t think about baseball until the afternoon. But I do keep my eye on Twitter, so I had to take note when mi amigo Kyle Whelliston posted this tidbit: “Ramdy Johnson performs exclusively for the Indianapolis Indians through a special agreement.” http://kyl.co/ul #zooperstars I filed the link away for later, and I wasn’t disappointed. Ramdy Johnson is one of those fantastic inflatible...
If you’ve been paying attention to the Z-Meter this season, you’ve probably noticed that Brad Brach is having himself a fine season for the Lake Elsinore Storm in the notoriously hitter-friendly California League. A 42nd round pick by the Padres in 2008, first found his way onto our radar last season when he notched 33 saves and a 1.27 ERA for Low Class A Fort Wayne, earning the Best Class A Reliever award from...
The Rays promoted Matt Joyce from Durham yesterday and sent down former all-star catcher Dioner Navarro. Since I am a huge fan of “Southern Thunder” Matt Joyce, I wrote a song. Actually, I didn’t write it, it’s kinda a Garth Brooks song. I just changed the words. Sing along if you want. It’s a three loss streak And the team ain’t well The Trop’s lookin’ like a ghost town No one’s ringin’ their bell...
As noted last week, the Indians have four potentially big games coming up: three against the Red Sox and their well-traveled fan base and one against the Nationals in Stephen Strasburg’s second major league game. They’ll need to do well in those and the other six games on the upcoming homestand to make up ground on the season-high 131,000 fan advantage currently enjoyed by the affiliates.
I was looking at Stephen Strasburg’s game logs on MiLB.com this afternoon when something occurred to me: because they only include a player’s last ten games, and only from the level at which he is currently playing, the game logs from Strasburg’s time in the Eastern League are already near-impossible to find. When he’s called up in the next couple weeks, his Triple-A starts will remain on his player page until the end of...
2012 05 14 Scranton Wilks Barre/ Empire State Yankees vs Pawtucket Red Sox
